وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَدَعِ الْأَرْضَ بِغَيْرِ عَالِمٍ وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا عُرِفَ الْحَقُّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ.
And through the same chain of narrators from Yunus bin Abdur Rahman from ibn Muskan from Abi Baseer that he said: Abu Abdullah said: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, certainly does not leave the earth without an Imam. If it had not been thus, the truth would not have been distinguished from falsehood.”